The 29er in this months mag did make me think "mmm amber wall tyres", it looked lush.
Well, I'm not particularly bothered about him being banned tbh (and I'll probably meet him soon, I think he knows my brother!!) but I think people are different on here than in real life. I have no idea why.
[i]I think he just upsets the cosy middle-class little englander ethos too much[/i]
Really? you think that? How many incarnations have there been, and how many times has he been banned?
[i]Other folk on here behave worse and get away with it[/i]
Yes they do, but no one behaves worse with such regularity. It was dull, predictable, and tedious
Cog hogs and Daves Chain Device
Thundercats
Salsa steel ahead stems. Mavic headsets and square taper bottom brackets (or, not to be backwards looking, lets change BB shell diameter so you can fit in bearings AND an axle).
And, bar ends. Climbing is part of mountain biking too.
But most of all, what needs to make a come back is natural, found, or self built trails. This trail centre malarky is WAY too dominant.
Oh, regarding your Fred bloke, he puts me off inhabiting this forum. That says something I think, he needs to go out on his bike more.
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I'd like to see a return to this, but I'll settle for permanent exile for the current lot.
MDMA
Rox t-shirts to go with aforementioned bula hats. Oakley frogskins are back already. Let's make it happen!
Breeze & Angel Hite-Rite
middle of the range bikes that are worth buying.
in my eyes youve got your £80-100 cheap taiwanese junk/everyday bikes, £150-300 gets you the same that looks better but is still pants and then you enter the market for something actually ridable for a beginner at £700-£800.Theres no middle of the road stuff..there used to be all differnet levels and all different build specs.
My libido
raleigh
[i]Had a pair of Amber walled IRC mythos semi slicks. lasted years as the chances of using them were so few and far between, they needed the driest of dusty summer conditions, but damn if they weren't the nicest looking tyres ever [/i]
Ive still got 4 tyres left from around 1996, still use them for racing on the dryest dustiest courses (which as you say are few and far between)
You can still getthem in the US too - can be picked up for about $8...
can also get the regular XC tyres here:
best tyres ive ever used...
talkemada got banned? - i thought he was one of the good guys...
(grumpy, but his heart's in the right place)
anyway, comebacks: toe straps.
can also get the regular XC tyres here:best tyres ive ever used...
It was all about the Kujo DH. Now that was a tyre.
Hair metal
Spelling and grammar
Texan bars
Austin Maxi's - if made reliable they would be a perfect MTB car, seats down, flat floor - brilliant
Leggy women - they all have short dumpy legs and long backs now 🙁
Home made go-karts made from wood and pram wheels
Summer of 1976
Proper kids games - tracking, ackey 1,2,3, building dens
Porn mags found in hedgerows etc
Klein paintjobs
Dekerf softails
British bulldog and murder ball in the playground
Quatro fizzy pop
Pumping acid house parties
Naturally occuring hallucinegens
Youth
Free time
skill
Otis the Aadvark....if thats how you spell his name.
[i]mountain bikes, as opposed to 'slopestyle lite/xc exstreme' 'xtremeslopestyle/4Xmegalite/bollox'
just bikes you n me ride
remember back in the day? great wannit, a new type of bike you could go anywhere on?[/i]
colnagokid for PM!!!!!!
life before "risk assesments" and "blame culture"
quality 90's house music classics 😉
Splats.
Splats seemed to be everywhere at one point. Vinyl stick on splats for your car, flourescent pink and yellow splats on bike paintjobs.
And now they're gone.
Bar ends agreed, they just make so much sense. And klien bikes. I used to have a pair of urc kujo dh's. They were bulletproof, I never punctured them...
THIS:
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The Raleigh Streetwolf with the soundbox on the handlebars. Too cool for school!
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They're back!
Another Klein fan here. Still got my '96 Attitude in team colours and a '95 pulse in cloud grey, but if I could find one of these I'd kill for it:
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yeap fred needs to come back
Cocktail inspired ice lollies
Pacers (mint chewy sweets)
King Kong ice creams
Bananaman lollies
Massive Attack
Portishead
The Orb
Orbital
Early UB40
Early Level 42
Early David Bowie
The Ford Escort Mk1
The Audi Quattro uR
Early 80 Tushingham frame (now Orange) paint jobs
That pioneering excitement that used to come with early MTBing
Riding being for fit not fat people
Trimmed, not bare, lady gardens
Comedy giant mobile phones.
A genuinely usable/rideable £350 mtb, pref steel, rigid, geared. Like an old Kona Hahana/Fire Mountain...
be nice to see an updated version of Campag Record OR.
humility
Riding being for fit not fat people
Manners.
Spangles.
I made a comeback today! First proper days bricklaying for about 6 years since injury. Ooooo me back's gonna hurt tomorrow.
John - Member
Otis the Aadvark....if thats how you spell his name.
Well if your going there.. Gordon the Gopher!
Can't believe no one has said Purple Ano yet!!
I know someone said Conti Vertical Pro/folding already, but hell yes. Why Conti stopped making these I'll never know.
second the return of the campag off road group.
As for the rite hite, I heard that the patent/copyright was about the expire on these and Greg Herbold was ready and waiting to relaunch it.
Rootbeer at McDonalds!!
Cheap things
mechs with antlers on 'em
Still using some of those
bubonic plague
